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Click. Open. Delete. Go to the recycle bin and delete it permanently. If only it were that easy to delete our past, things we regret, things that have scorched us so badly, both physically and emotionally. If you are like me, there are things in your past you wish would never haunt your mind again or see the light of day. The past can be those skeletons in our closets we don’t ever want to bring out. Because of this,…

Dews of blessings are visitors we like and embrace wholeheartedly. Trials and suffering visits are also inevitable in this christian sojourn, yet we would rather not open the door to them. Even the strongest of christians can crumble under the weight of trials or suffering when clouds gather and the rain beats down hard. In this article, I aim to persuade you, through a review of Jerry Bridges’ book Trusting God, that the most effective way to respond to trials is…

Do your actions align with the convictions in your heart and mind? Do you walk your talk? Do you drink water while preaching the same water? These questions can be daunting when we genuinely examine our hearts. In this post, I want to focus on the struggle we all face every day, the challenge of taking what we know in our minds and truly believing it in our hearts. It’s the distance between our minds and our hearts. Is our…

This post was originally published on infalliblejoy.com When I became a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, I was eager to drop the cherry-picking ways I had previously taken with Scripture. I was filled with excitement to dive right in and read the entire Bible from cover to cover. In my mind, I assumed that true followers of Christ would have read the entire Bible more than once. With this belief, I found myself asking every believer I met, Have you…

This post was originally published on africa.thegospelcoalition.org There are many wonders in the world that leave us astounded. Among those fascinating and awesome wonders is how God created the human body; how he wired it to operate. It’s a wonder of wonders. Specifically, I find the female body astonishing—because, well, I am a woman. In any given month, a woman goes through four phases, each phase dominated by different hormones. No wonder they say women are complex; we most certainly are….

This post was originally published on africa.thegospelcoalition.org Once a year an eagle goes through the process of moulting. Through that process the eagle loses its old feathers and new ones grow in their place. Much in the same way, as the year begins we imagine we will go through a similar transformation. Somehow, we think we’ll shed our old habits—our struggles and unresolved conflicts—and sprout new feathers. We think we’ll just shed our old habits and sprout new feathers.  …